Get a favorable decision Over the past few years I have been closely observing the habits of highly effective executives and how they manage to get a favorable decision for their proposal, every time. You may call it lobbying, politicking or influencing. But this is arguably one of the most important skills to develop, especially …
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A blog can help boost your career Systematic transition from hobby to career can be achieved by way of a blog. The future is here and you can leverage it to achieve for this transition. The following are three ways in which a blog helps you achieve a systematic transition from hobby to career: 1. Your …
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Jason Gillespie – passion, belief, effort! In the previous three posts, we progressed from thinking about hobby as a career, to the possibility of going from hobby to career, to considering 8 aspects of a hobby before it can become a career. Once you are firmly fixated on converting your hobby into a career, the …
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Merry Farmer In continuing with our series on going from passion to career, I have just the person to describe firsthand how this is done. I have great pleasure in introducing my friend, Merry Farmer, a published fiction writer. Merry Farmer has long cherished her passion to be a writer. Her passion is in romantic …
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from hobby to career In “hobby as a mainstream career”, the thought of having a hobby as a mainstream career was initiated. With two examples, I promoted the concept of entertaining the thought. The next step is to assess one’s hobby and then understanding whether it is capable of that conversion. After all, a career …
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Hobby as a mainstream career One of my earlier posts, “How to prepare for a Solid Career in a Dynamic Environment” elicited numerous discussions. As I read and thought more on this interesting topic, the one topic that keeps coming up is about one’s hobby as a mainstream career. The idea of having a hobby …
Over the past few days, I had the pleasure of reading interviews of two highly accomplished and successful individuals and leaders in their own right. While both interviews had an ample sprinkling of tips for self-development and leadership, I was surprised at how both celebrities admitted, publicly, a negative quality about themselves. This “acceptance of …
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Coin toss – making a decision As a leader you will be constantly confronted with the “make or buy” decision. Unknowingly, you may have set up certain conditions in your mind as you made this decision in the past. The purpose of this post is to look at this from a competitive advantage perspective and …
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Trishit Banerjee This post marks the culmination of the first year of Kay Leadership Academy. On this occasion, I thought of publishing an interview with Trishit Banerjee, a budding “young” leader. All of 16 years, Trishit is an accomplished poet, a board exam topper and a school captain. His book A little bud learns to …
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Microsoft You will never get a second chance to make a first impression! MicroSoft has appointed its third CEO in about 37 years. Satya Nadella took over from Steve Ballmer on February 4, 2014 amidst very different circumstances. Each of the three leaders have had different leadership styles. This was not a “shoe-in” appointment. Steve …
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